Federal Information Processing Standards definition
<standard> (FIPS) United States Government technical
standards published by the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST). NIST develops FIPS when there are
compelling Federal government requirements such as for
security and interoperability but no acceptable industry
standards or solutions.
Computer-related products bought by the US Government must
conform to FIPS.
(2003-06-04)
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